Graduation Photos with Artona for Asian Studies Majors
Attention to all Asian Studies graduating students for spring 2022! We’d like to encourage you to schedule your graduate photos with Artona before March 30, 2022.
Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard joins the Editorial and Advisory Boards of two humanities journals
We are pleased to share that Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard has joined the Editorial Boards of Iran Namag and folklor/edebiyat (folklore/literature).
Talks in modern Persian literature for Winter 2022
The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC and the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club, and the UBC Persian Club present a series of talks analyzing the literature of migration and exile in Modern Persian Literature in winter 2022. The series is sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies. Details of each talk (individual […]
Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian & Persianate Studies Announced for Winter and Spring 2022
We are delighted to announce our incredible lineup of Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian & Persianate Studies for Winter and Spring 2022.
Talks in modern Persian literature for Fall 2021
The Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative at UBC and the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club, and the UBC Persian Club present a series of talks analyzing the literature of migration and exile in Modern Persian Literature in fall 2021. The series is sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies. Details of each talk (individual […]
New publication: “Persian Literature as World Literature” co-edited by Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard
Congratulations to Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard on the co-edited publication Persian Literature as World Literature (Omid Azadibougar, Amirhossein Vafa, and Mostafa Abedinifard, Bloomsbury Publishing)!
Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian & Persianate Studies Announced for Fall 2021
We are delighted to announce our incredible lineup of Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian & Persianate Studies for Fall 2021.
Persian 401 Contemporary Iranian Cinema for Advanced Speakers of Persian
This course will explore contemporary Iranian cinema and its relation with Iranian culture.
New article published in the “International Journal of Middle East Studies” by Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard
We are delighted to share Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard’s published article in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). The article is titled “Iran’s ‘Self-Deprecating Modernity’: Toward Decolonizing Collective Self-Critique.”
W2020/21 Lecture Series Recap – Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies
The W2020/21 series ran from September 2020 up until July 2021, with a total of 17 lectures all held online via Zoom.